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Signatory to the National Packaging Covenant (mk2- began September 2005), a voluntary agreement to encourage waste minimisation.

Nestle Australia

Environmental :: Packaging / Recycling

Environment Victoria

Nestle has been criticised in Environment Victoria's DUMP report 2004, winning the GOLD DUMP AWARD for using a 'Large ratio of packaging to product'. Their product 'Friskies Heartworm & Allwormer tablets for large dogs' is packaged in unidentified rigid plastic Cardboard Foil with paper reminder stickers.

Nov. 3, 2004

Nestle Australia

Environmental :: Packaging / Recycling

Environment Victoria

Going Backwards Award for negative trends in Environment Victoria's DUMP report 2007. Nescafe Short Black coffee jar. The smoky colour of the glass jar will be rejected for recycling; the lid contains two different plastics and a foam insert, none of which can be recycled, and the tamper-proof seals are made of metalised plastic which can’t be recycled.

Feb. 6, 2007

Nestle Australia

Good Shopping Guide

Brands in 'bottled water' category received BOTTOM Rating; with a score of 36 out of a possible score of 100 in the Ethical Company Organisation's 2009 'Good Shopping Guide' (uk) which evaluates brands with regard to the Environment; Animal Welfare and Human Rights records.

Nestle Australia

Environmental :: Climate Change

Carbon Disclosure Leadership

Listed in the 2010 Global 500 Carbon Performance Leadership Index under Consumer Staples sector with the rating of A for the performance score

Jan. 1, 2010

Nestle Australia

Environmental :: Genetic Engineering

2010 True Food Guide [True Food Network - Greenpeace]

Company has brands that are rated 'green' in Greenpeace True Foods Guide 2010, signifying a clear policy on excluding GE-derived ingredients, including oils derived from GE crops, and animal products from animals fed on GE crops.

May 16, 2010

Nestle Australia

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